Rumor: Global Grind's Heading for the Dead Pool?
Word is spreading that one or more Global Grind (globalgrind.com) employees may be leaving and that virtually all of the active posters are employees with multiple accounts.
Since the only people I know with prior connections to GG would probably give me a "no comment" at best, I can't confirm these rumors, but I'm sure some of my readers can!
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Not true.
Posted by: GiGi | May 17, 2008 at 01:48 PM
Absolutely false accusations.
Posted by: I Don't Word For GG | May 17, 2008 at 01:49 PM
That's great news!
It's great to see my old buddy Stryker at the top of the contributor list since we all know he's simply an enthusiastic participant, not a paid member of the staff who attacks people who attack Global Grind.
And it's great to see you two, one maybe an employee and one clearly not, working together from the same IP address with the same terse writing style to clear out the obvious lies circulating here at ProHipHop regarding Global Grind.
Old habits die hard, don't they?
Hey, best of luck guys. I have a feeling you're going to need it.
Posted by: Clyde Smith | May 17, 2008 at 08:26 PM
So much for the product placement of Global Grind on Run's House, though I'm a fan of the show.
Hopefully GG will be able to grind out of their situation to success if indeed the site is not faring as well as they'd hope.
Posted by: YSL | May 18, 2008 at 02:41 AM
I was talking to somebody who's been following the effects of these celebrity shout outs for social networks and he said it was pretty consistent to find a bump in traffic that didn't lead to much of a rise in involvement.
I haven't checked into that very closely for other sites but that's certainly how it looks for Global Grind:
http://siteanalytics.compete.com/globalgrind.com/?metric=uv
I think the issue is whether or not the celebrity that brings traffic to the site is actually involved and, of course, whether or not the site is of any real interest once they get there.
By the way, Block Savvy's looking much worse:
http://siteanalytics.compete.com/blocksavvy.com/?metric=uv
Posted by: Clyde Smith | May 18, 2008 at 05:03 AM
This brings to mind Ludacris' venture, WeMix.com.
Posted by: YSL | May 19, 2008 at 12:49 PM
If this is true, I am convinced that the other social bookmarking sites do the same thing, either through employees or surragates. Not this is good. But I don't mind people submitting content, even if it's employees. I really don't care if they have multiple accounts. I think, "how does that impact the integrity of the data I'm looking at?" That's what's key.
If that's fluffed up, then that's a major problem.
Posted by: Koe | May 19, 2008 at 07:05 PM
Koe, good to hear from you.
Actually, the point isn't that they pay people to post so much as the fact they they still have to pay people at this point in time.
This issue was raised before but it's understandable given the difficulties of getting the ball rolling. But, if people were really interested, they wouldn't need to still be paying folks to do most of the posting.
So it's not of interest to their target market and that's the real problem at this point.
Posted by: Clyde Smith | May 19, 2008 at 07:27 PM